Special
Concerns
of Single Parents
Information on Domestic Partner Benefits Plans
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| ü Does the company's Equal Employment Opportunity policy protect workers from discrimination on the basis of marital status? ü Is the company aware of the number and percent of unmarried workers it is employing? ü Does the company’s diversity program mention single people? ü Does the company’s work-life program take into consideration the needs of unmarried workers? ü Does the company take into consideration the needs of single parents in its benefits program, such as offering flextime, telecommuting, or childcare benefits? ü Does the company have a domestic partner benefits plan, and if so, is it open to same and opposite-sex couples? ü Are solo singles given equal benefits compensation to employees who have spouses or domestic partners? ü Can unmarried employees name an adult blood relative who lives with them as a benefits beneficiary?
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